Last Will of Susan Allen, Houston Co. TX
Gladys Stovall Armstrong  ImaBR@aol.com
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Submitted by: Gladys Stovall Armstrong
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SUSAN ALLEN

STATE Of TEXAS
County Of Houston

The last will and testament of Susan ALLEN, a resident citizen of the said 
County of Houston in said State of Texas WITNESSETH:

In the name of God Amen! I Susan ALLEN a resident citizen of the County and 
State, first above written being of sound mind and memory and considering the 
uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do therefore make or dain 
publish and declare this instrument of writing to be my last will and 
testament; That is to say, first after all my lawful debts are paid and fully 
discharge the resid-- of my estate, real personal and mixed or of what ever 
character it may be, I give and bequeath and dispose of as follows to wit:

To my son, Jesse J. ALLEN, of Anderson County, TX, I give and bequeath my 
negro boy, George, fifteen years old and a slave for life; To my son, Burtie 
ALLEN of Trinity County Texas, I give and bequeath my Negor girl, Sophia, 
nineteen years old and a slave for life; To my daughter, Lazarilla Tisdal of 
Jasper County Mississippi, I give and bequeath my negro girl, Pricellar, 
twenty two years of age and a slave for life; To my daughter, Mary Ann 
BUTLER, of Clark County, Alabama, I give and bequeath my two negro children 
and children of Precilla, one named Mary, age four years and Adline two years 
old and slaves for life. To my daughter, Emily HARVEY, of San Augustine, 
Texas, I give and bequeath my Negro boy, Clarbourn, age five years and a 
slave for life and my feather bed and clothing- To my grandchildren, 
Patterson SHIPP; Wiley SHIPP; James SHIPP and Susan SHIPP, children of my 
daughter, Ann SHIPP, now deceased, I give and bequeath my negro girl, Amanda, 
age eleven years and a slave for life. To my son John ALLEN of Houston 
County, Texas, I give and bequeath my Negro boy Byrus, age eighteen years old 
and my old Negro woman Charity, Fort, nine years old and slaves for life and 
I do hearby appoint my son John ALLEN, my executor of this my last will and 
testament and I further hereby declare it to be my will and postive direction 
that the county courts pertaining to probate and register this my last will 
and testament and receive and register the inventory of my estate as returned 
by my eaecutor -

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal using scroll for 
seal this 26th day of November AD - one thousand and sixty four - 

Signed and acknowledged in the presence and witnessed by us at the request of 
Susan ALLEN, the testatrix 
........................................................ SUSAN ALLEN ( X her Mark)

John H. POTTS
Lewis TYLER (x his Mark)
Margaret LANE (X her Mark)

County of Houston: I John H. POTTS, Deputy Clerk of the County Court of 
Houston County in said State , do hereby certify that the above and foregoing 
is a true and correct copy in substance and in fact of the last will and 
testament of Susan ALLEN, which was probated and on file in the County Clerks 
Office of said Houston County and which was destroyed by the burning of the 
courthouse of Houston County.

Given under my hand and seal of the County Court of Houston County at office 
in Crockett, this 25th day of February, 1865 - 

John H. POTTS, Deputy Clerk
County Clerk, Houston County (LS)
Filed March 27th 1865
O. C. ALDRICH, C C C